11-letter words containing e, n, g
- averageness — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- awning deck — a weather deck supported on very light scantlings.
- back garden — a garden at the rear of a house
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- baggy green — the Australian Test cricket cap
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
- ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
- bandylegged — having bandy legs; bowlegged
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- barebacking — sexual intercourse performed without the use of a condom
- bargainable — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
- battlewagon — a battleship
- bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
- bbc english — Received Pronunciation.
- bcg vaccine — a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.
- be going to — If you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen in the future, usually quite soon.
- be great on — to be informed about
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- be revenged — to get revenge
- beam engine — an early type of steam engine, in which a pivoted beam is vibrated by a vertical steam cylinder at one end, so that it transmits motion to the workload, such as a pump, at the other end
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- beanbag gun — a gun that fires a fabric bag containing lead shot, designed to stun or knock the target to the ground
- bear garden — (formerly) a place where bears were exhibited and where bear-baiting took place
- bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bearing cap — A bearing cap is a rigid, semi-circular part that fits around one half of a bearing and secures it.
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- bed molding — a molding below a projecting part, esp. between the corona and frieze
- bed-wetting — the act or habit of involuntarily urinating in bed
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
- bedevilling — (British) present participle of bedevil.
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- beer engine — a pump used to draw beer from a cask
- beer garden — a garden attached to a pub, where people can sit and drink beer
- befittingly — suitable; proper; becoming: planned with a befitting sense of majesty.
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- believingly — with belief; in a believing manner
- bell ringer — A bell ringer is someone who rings church bells or hand bells, especially as a hobby.
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.